The scheduling function is a quick way to enter order lines. Instead of entering the lines one by one, you can enter up to 999 at the same time.
Many distributors sell their items on a scheduled dispatch basis, and many distributors have to deal with scheduling orders around stock outages. Sales order line scheduling provides a user interface that makes scheduling orders easy and accurate.
Sales order line scheduling is done through the Work with sales orders routine. Cycled dispatch dates can be computed automatically, and back order decisions can be implemented pro-actively, with availability information.
Features
Various features available with this function include:
| Feature | Description |
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| Daily, Weekly, Monthly dispatch scheduling | Scheduled dispatches can be computed on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Enter the starting dispatch date, total dispatch quantity, number of dispatches, and optionally, the quantity per shipment – and the system computes dispatch times based on your companies working and non-working days. Once a dispatch schedule is computed, it is displayed on the panel for maintenance. |
| Back order management | In conjunction with the Time axis feature, the system determines item availability as you enter the lines. By simply changing the Schedule type you can choose to:
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| Schedule new or existing order lines | You can generate new sales order lines or reschedule existing order lines that are at the appropriate status (less than 30). Rescheduling can be done for a single order line or all order lines with a specified item code. |
| Total quantity pricing | When generating order lines, you can specify that quantity dependable pricing is to be based on the total quantity scheduled. |
Enquiries and printouts
- Sales order enquiry
- Warehouse balance enquiry to view the stock on hand for the warehouse from which the goods will be dispatched.
- Time axis enquiry to view
- the actual stock on hand for the item and warehouse used on the order
- the available item quantity
- the dispatch date, item quantity and available quantity, per order (for those both inside and outside the planning time).
- Sales order printout
- Time axis printout